Glossary
character
In ichthyology, any characteristic or its attributes used for recognising, describing, defining, or differentiating species, genera or higher taxa. Also used in phylogenetic analyses whereby ancestral (primitive) characters are termed plesiomorphic and derived (novel) characters apomorphic.
Used in 842 species profiles
- Channa maculata
- Channa marulioides
- Channa marulius
- Channa melasoma
- Channa micropeltes
- Channa orientalis
- Channa pleurophthalma
- Channa sp. 'five stripe'
- Chromobotia macracanthus
- Cleithracara maronii
- Cobitis hugowolfeldi
- Cobitis koreensis
- Cobitis pumila
- Cobitis yongdokensis
- Colomesus asellus
- Colomesus psittacus
- Colomesus tocantinensis
- Congochromis sabinae
- Copella arnoldi
- Copella carsevennensis
- Copella eigenmanni
- Copella meinkeni
- Copella nattereri
- Corydoras acutus
- Corydoras fowleri
- Corydoras simulatus
- Crossocheilus atrilimes
- Crossocheilus cobitis
- Crossocheilus langei
- Crossocheilus nigriloba
- Crossocheilus reticulatus
- Ctenolucius hujeta
- Ctenopharyngodon idella
- Ctenopoma weeksii
- Cynodon gibbus
- Cyphotilapia frontosa
- Cyphotilapia gibberosa
- Cyprinodon julimes
- Cyprinodon veronicae
- Danio aesculapii
- Danio albolineatus
- Danio choprae
- Danio dangila
- Danio erythromicron
- Danio feegradei
- Danio flagrans
- Danio jaintianensis
- Danio kerri
- Danio kyathit
- Danio margaritatus
- Danio meghalayensis
- Danio nigrofasciatus
- Danio rerio
- Danio roseus
- Danio sp. 'hikari'
- Danio sp. 'TW01'
- Danio tinwini
- Danionella priapus
- Danionella translucida
- Dario dario
- Dario dayingensis
- Dario hysginon
- Dario kajal
- Dario tigris
- Dario urops
- Datnioides campbelli
- Datnioides microlepis
- Datnioides polota
- Datnioides pulcher
- Datnioides undecimradiatus
- Dawkinsia arulius
- Dawkinsia assimilis
- Dawkinsia exclamatio
- Dawkinsia filamentosa
- Dawkinsia rohani
- Dawkinsia rubrotincta
- Dawkinsia tambraparniei
- Desmopuntius endecanalis
- Desmopuntius foerschi
- Desmopuntius gemellus
- Desmopuntius hexazona
- Desmopuntius johorensis
- Desmopuntius pentazona
- Desmopuntius rhomboocellatus
- Desmopuntius trifasciatus
- Devario acrostomus
- Devario acuticephala
- Devario aequipinnatus
- Devario affinis
- Devario apogon
- Devario assamensis
- Devario chrysotaeniatus
- Devario devario
- Devario interruptus
- Devario laoensis
- Devario malabaricus
- Devario neilgherriensis
- Devario pathirana
- Devario regina
- Devario shanensis
- Devario sondhii
- Devario sp. 'giraffe'
- Devario sp. 'purple cypris'
- Devario xyrops
- Dichotomyctere fluviatilis
- Dichotomyctere ocellatus
- Discherodontus ashmeadi
- Discherodontus halei
- Discherodontus schroederi
- Eirmotus insignis
- Eirmotus octozona
- Epalzeorhynchos kalopterum
- Epiplatys annulatus
- Epiplatys dageti
- Epiplatys fasciolatus
- Epiplatys lamottei
- Epiplatys sexfasciatus
- Erromyzon sinensis
- Erromyzon sp. 'ER01'
- Erromyzon sp. 'ER02'
- Esmaeilius arakensis
- Esomus caudiocellatus
- Esomus danrica
- Esomus longimanus
- Esomus metallicus
- Etroplus canarensis
- Etroplus suratensis
- Garra arupi
- Garra bicornuta
- Garra bispinosa
- Garra borneensis
- Garra dampaensis
- Garra flavatra
- Garra fuliginosa
- Garra hughi
- Garra kalpangi
- Garra mirofrontis
- Garra mullya
- Garra nambulica
- Garra notata
- Garra orientalis
- Garra poecilura
- Garra qiaojiensis
- Garra rakhinica
- Garra rotundinasus
- Garra rufa
- Garra salweenica
- Garra sp. 'redtail'
- Garra spilota
- Garra surendranathanii
- Gasteropelecus levis
- Gasteropelecus sternicla
- Gastrodermus guapore
- Gastromyzon aeroides
- Gastromyzon cornusaccus
- Gastromyzon ctenocephalus
- Gastromyzon extrorsus
- Gastromyzon farragus
- Gastromyzon introrsus
- Gastromyzon lepidogaster
- Gastromyzon monticola
- Gastromyzon ocellatus
- Gastromyzon scitulus
- Gastromyzon stellatus
- Gastromyzon viriosus
- Gastromyzon zebrinus
- Geophagus abalios
- Geophagus altifrons
- Geophagus argyrostictus
- Geophagus brachybranchus
- Geophagus brokopondo
- Geophagus camopiensis
- Geophagus dicrozoster
- Geophagus megasema
- Geophagus neambi
- Geophagus parnaibae
- Geophagus proximus
- Geophagus taeniopareius
- Geophagus winemilleri
- Gymnochanda filamentosa
- Gymnochanda verae
- Gymnostomus ariza
- Haludaria fasciata
- Hampala salweenensis
- Helostoma temminckii
- Hemibagrus filamentus
- Hemibagrus macropterus
- Hemibagrus microphthalmus
- Hemibagrus peguensis
- Hemibagrus planiceps
- Hemibagrus punctatus
- Hemibagrus spilopterus
- Hemibagrus wyckii
- Hemibagrus wyckioides
- Hemibarbus labeo
- Hemibarbus maculatus
- Hemimyzon formosanus
- Hemimyzon nanensis
- Henicorhynchus caudimaculatus
- Henicorhynchus entmema